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Thank you very much! I have been wondering about these. I've been reading threads here and totally clueless about what is what.
Again, thank you!
After racking my brain trying to figure out what all the acronyms were here on the forum, I decided to make a page on my blog and add all the definitions I could find here in alphabetical order. Enjoy.
ACV=Apple cider vinegar
ADDY=Address
AMER=Ameraucana
ANDY=Blue Andalusian
APA=American Poultry Association
APF=All Purpose Flour
ASAP=As Soon As Possible
BA OR LORP = Black Australorp
BB=Buff Brahma
BBB=Broad Breasted Bronze turkey
BBL= Be Back later
BBR=Black Breasted Red
BBW=Broad Breasted White turkey
BCM=Black Copper Marans
BF=Bantam Fowl
BF=Boy Friend
BFN= Bye for Now
BIL=Brother in Law
BL= Bue laced
BLRW=Blue Laced Red Wyandotte
BO=Buff Orrington
BOB=Best of Breed
BOBCLLF=Best of Breed clean legged large fowl
BOHICA=Bend Over Here It Comes Again (pertinant when dealing with government regulations etc....)
BOSS=Black Oil Sunflower Seed
BPR=Barred Plymouth Rock
BQ=Breeder quality
BR=Barred rock.
BR=Bourbon Red
BRB= Be right back
BR-Barred rock.
BSL=Black Sex Link
BTB=Black tailed buff (usually Japanese bantams)
BTW=Black tailed white (usually Japanese bantams)
BTW=By the Way
BTW-black tailed white (usually japanese bantams)
BV=Best of Variety
BYC=Backyard Chickens (the forum, not chickens in your backyard!)
CBOF=Cantankerous Bag Of Feathers
CC=ChickChair
CF=Champion Featherleg
CL=Clean Legged
CM=Cuckoo Marans
C-ya = See ya
DB=Dark Brahma
DC=Dear Children
DD=Dear Daughter, Dear Dad
DE=Diatomaceous Earth
DF=Dear Father
DF=Dear Father
DF=Dear Fiance
DH=Dear (most times) Husband
DLM=Deep litter method
DM=Dear Mother, Dear Mom
DP=Dear partner
DS=Dear Son
DSD=Dear Step Daughter
DSF=Dear Step Father
DSM=Dear Step Mother
DSS=Dear Step Son
DUW=Dial up warning! Slow upload.
DW=Dear Wife
EE=Easter eggers (Ameraucana Crosses)
ETA=Edited to add
FAV=Faverol
FIL=Father in Law
FL=Feather Legged
FS=For sale
FWIW=For What Its Worth
FYI= For your information
GCM=Golden Cuckoo Marans
GDW=Golden Duck Wing
GF=Girl Friend
GF=Guinea Fowl
GL=Gold laced
GLC=Gold Laced Cochin
GLS=Gold Sex Link
GLW=Gold Laced Wyandotte
GP=Gold penciled
GPH=Gold Penciled Hamburg
GPN=GoldenPheasantNessia
HRH= Her Royal Heiness (SP?)
IMHO=In my honest opinion
IMHO=In my humble opinion
IMO-In my opinion
JBG = Jersey Black Giant
JG=Jersey Giant
LB=Light Brahma
LF=Large Fowl
LFS=Local Feed Store
LG=Little Giant
LG-Little Giant Incubator
LOL=Laugh Out Loud
Methione=An amino acid (containing sulfur) required for feather growth. It's found in black oil sunflower seeds which also contain 30% protein.
MIL=Mother in Law
MPC=My Pet Chicken
MUTT= MIXED BREED CHICKEN
NHR=New Hampshire Red
NN=Naked Neck or Turken
NSQ=Non Show Quality
OEG - Old English Gamebirds
OEG=Old English game (usually standards).
OEGB=Old English Game Bantam
OEG-Old english game (ususally standards).
OMG=Oh My God
OP=Original poster
OS=Older sister
PC=Pea Chick
PC=Pea Comb
PEEP= The sound a chick first makes that let's you know you're going to be a mama! (Or papa!)
PH=Pea Hen
PITA=Pain In The Arse
POL=Point Of Lay
PQ=Pet Quality
RB=Reserve Breed
RC=Rose Comb
RF=Reserve Featherleg
RIR=Rhode Island Red,
Roo=Rooster
ROTFLMAO=Rolling on the floor Laughing My a** off
ROTFLMBO: Rolling on the floor Laughing My butt off.
RP=Royal Palm turkey
RSL=Red Sex Link
RV=Reserve Variety
SC=Single Comb
SCOVY=Muscovy duck
SDW=Silver Duck Wing
SIL=Sister in Law
SL=Silver laced
SLC=Silver Laced Cochin
SLW=Silver Laced Wyandotte
SO=Significant Other
SP?=Spelling Right?
SP=Silver penciled
SPITZY=Appenzeller (Silver Spangled) Spitzhauben
SQ=Show Quality
SS=Speckled Sussex
SSH=Silver Spangled Hamburg
SSS=Shoot, Shovel, and Shut up! Predator category. Lol TSC=Tractor Supply Co
TWITA=Thats What I'm Talking About
TY=Thank You
WB=Welcome Back
WCBP=White Crested Black Polish
WCP=White crested polish.
WFBS=White Faced Black Spanish
WL=White leghorn
WTB=Wanted To Buy
WTH= What the heck
WWYD= What would you do